This year alone, there have been oil spills in China, India, Egypt,
and three others in the US, in addition to the now-infamous Deepwater
Horizon spill, for which cleanup efforts are still ongoing.
In this analysis, Special Topics examines the literature on oil spills over
the past decade and over the past two years.
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Special Topics is designed to complement Essential Science IndicatorsSM from Thomson Reuters in providing citation analyses and commentary for selected scientific research areas that have experienced notable recent advances or are of special current interest.
Each topic is prefaced with a description of its relation to the main Essential Science Indicators rankings and the methodology used to assemble the data from the Essential Science Indicators database. Occasionally, the data are drawn from the Web of Science® database rather than the Essential Science Indicators database—in each case, the source data is clearly noted.
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Two stained volunteers carry a bucket filled of fuel oil spilled from the "Prestige" oil tanker on a beach near the coastal town of Muxia on Spain's devastated North West Atlantic coast on January 30, 2003. REUTERS/Miguel Vidal. REUTERS/Miguel Vidal.